My Italian: Chapter 657 Disadvantages of 2-line combat

"attack!"

After the shelling ended, a British officer raised his command knife in his right hand and held a pistol in his left hand, shouting the slogan of attack, and at the same time he was the first to step out of the trench. .

Rows of British soldiers followed the officer with weapons, shouted and rushed out

"The enemy is attacking!"

At this time, the observer soldiers on the ground roared and blew a shrill whistle at the same time.

The German officers and soldiers in the bomb defense cave also came out one after another, ready to meet the enemy's attack.

Koppel also took his Mauser 98 to his station. At this time, his heart had calmed down, and under the blessing of God, he was not hit by the shell.

Koppel, who had been a primary school teacher before the war, was called up shortly after the war began. After a period of training, he became a qualified soldier, so he was sent to the 7th Army in February this year and became a soldier in its subordinate 31st Division, 2 Brigade, 1 Regiment, 2 Battalion, 3 Company, 2 Platoon and 1 Squad. And there are several others assigned with him.

At that time, I heard from veterans that the one they fought before was terrible. There were only more than 80 people left in a company before they captured Paris, and more than half of the casualties. Later, a lot of them were replenished one after another. When their batch of supplementary soldiers arrived, their 3rd company was fully staffed.

Then, with the help of veterans, they learned a lot about the battlefield. For example, when encountering shelling suddenly, squat on the ground and don't lie down or stand. Also, don't smoke when you are on duty at night, otherwise you may become the result of the opposite party and so on.

Through the teaching of veterans, Koppel has grown rapidly, and in more than two months, he has looked similar to other veterans. What he lacks is a real battle consideration.

Soon the enemy launched shelling, shelling for three consecutive days, they suffered a lot of casualties, more than 30 casualties. Their casualties continued to be too high. He heard from others that some companies lost more than half of them. The main cause of their casualties is heavy artillery, especially large-caliber artillery of 150mm and above, which does not need to hit as long as it is within a certain range, it will cause casualties.

Koppel saw with his own eyes that one of his comrades was shocked to death by a 170mm artillery shell six meters away from him at a distance of ten meters from him. And he was also affected, but nothing serious.

Just as he was waiting for the enemy to come up, he heard the voice of the platoon leader, Second Lieutenant Hans. "Batley took your squad to the third row of positions. The three rows of artillery holes were attacked by large-caliber shells before."

Although I didn't say it later, the soldiers present understood that there was no one in the third row.

"Just us in the same class?"

At this moment Bartley expressed his doubts.

"There is also a squad in the first platoon. You should take people there, or Captain Otto (company commander) will be angry."

"Yes, I'll take someone there right away."

"Let's gather together."

Koppel quickly followed his squad leader to the third row on the right, and the Brit was almost within range.

At this time, the crisp sound of machine guns rang out. This was the only suppressive weapon in the company, the Revery light machine gun. It is said that it is imported from Italy, but the caliber is not the Italian 6.5mm, but their German 7.92mm caliber.

"Fire."

At this time, seeing that the enemy had entered the range, the squad leader Bartley gave the order to fire. Koppel aimed at a British soldier and pulled the trigger, and the man fell down. At the same time, intensive gunfire sounded from the entire trench, and German soldiers were relying on the trench to shoot.

The attacking British officers and soldiers continued to rush towards their position with their backs bent, even if people kept falling down, they didn't care.

At this time, Koppel observed another wave of soldiers rushing out of the British army's position in the distance. Why did the British go crazy? It would be difficult for such a desperate attack today.

When the soldiers of Britain, France and Germany were engaged in a **** battle around Paris, General Kluck, the supreme commander of the Paris area, had already sent a telegram for help to the chief of the general staff, General Mao Qi.

Although the battle on the Western Front did not achieve the goal of directly withdrawing France from the battle, Moltke did not lose all the trust in the Kaiser's heart because of the capture of Paris, so he still served as the chief of the general staff.

Faced with General Kluke's request, Moltke of course sent reinforcements immediately. In fact, Britain and France were preparing to launch an offensive in Paris, and the German intelligence agencies had already noticed it. After all, it was necessary to gather an army of millions of people. As long as the Germans were not blind, they would definitely be able to see such a large movement of personnel and supplies.

And Britain and France didn't think about completely concealing their intentions, because it couldn't be concealed at all.

It's just that Britain and France are concealing another item, and they are very successful, that is, concealing the number of people. German intelligence agencies and aerial observations estimated that Britain and France had prepared 650,000 troops to attack Paris. In fact, the German intelligence agency's estimate was correct, and there were indeed 650,000 soldiers in military uniforms assembled.

But another 150,000 did not wear military uniforms at all, and they entered the assembly area in the form of labor uniforms. This was unexpected by the German intelligence agencies, and the British and French troops actually slipped in as laborers. Moreover, in order to prevent exposure, these pretended laborers actually went to work such as digging trenches, repairing roads and bridges. Britain and France really took great pains to conceal the number of troops.

As a result, in the face of Britain and France, which have done their utmost concealment work, the German intelligence agencies were much worse. At least they didn't find anything wrong with it.

However, the mistakes made by the intelligence department have hurt Xiao Maoqi, because he only prepared 150,000 army reserves.

Some people may say, since they know that the opponent is going to launch an offensive, why not prepare more reserves.

Because the number of troops is limited, even Germany, which is well prepared, can also form limited troops. After all, soldiers have to train for three months, not to mention that the formed troops still need enough equipment, which will take time. It is impossible to form a rifle division, isn't this a crime?

Therefore, at present, Germany only has an army of 1.78 million people, and it needs to deal with the problems on the east and west fronts. In addition, people must be stationed along the North Sea coast. There are still some troops in the country, and the occupied areas also need troops to maintain law and order. After all the zeros and zeros were calculated, it was impossible for Xiao Moqi to keep too many reserves in his hands.

Considering the military and political importance of Paris, Little Moltke has given the highest attention. It has the most troops in the German army, and its weapons and equipment are also given priority.

So now, apart from giving the 150,000 reserve team in his hand to General Kluke, there are not many cards he can play.

However, although he could not give Admiral Kluke much direct support, he could give a lot indirectly, and the most effective of them was to put pressure on Britain and France from the other side.

At this time, Xiao Moqi thought of the Italians as his ally, and there was no better ally than Italy.

"Your Majesty, we have already found out that Britain and France have assembled an army of nearly one million people to attack the Paris area where we are stationed. However, our army here only has more than 400,000 people, and our reserve team is only nearly 600,000. , and now the Paris defenders are under too much pressure, hoping to get our allies, the Italians, to put pressure on France from the south."

At this time, Mao Qi told the Kaiser about the current difficulties encountered by the German Army.

Hearing Little Mao Qi's narration, William II thought for a while and replied. "I will send my country's request to Italy, Julius, I will grant all your requests, but I want Paris in our hands, understand?"

Obviously, Paris held a lot of weight in William II's heart. No matter in terms of military affairs, diplomacy, or politics, occupying Paris would satisfy the subjects of the empire and allow other countries to carefully consider their attitudes towards Germany, so Paris must not be lost.

Facing William II's words, Little Mao Qi replied after saluting. "Thank you for your support, I will definitely not let your majesty down."

At this moment, Xiao Maoqi understood that this was the emperor's last tolerance for him~www.mtlnovel.com~ If Paris was lost, then he, the chief of staff, would be the end of his job.

"Very well, I am waiting for your good news."

When Xiao Maoqi finally returned to the General Staff from the palace, he saw his secretary running to him anxiously with a telegram.

"Chief of the General Staff, this is a telegram from the Eastern Front."

Little Moltke received the telegram, which showed that Russia was about to move on the Eastern Front, and it was expected to launch an offensive within a week.

At this moment, Xiao Maoqi's eyes were almost darkened, and the disadvantages of the two battles were now vividly displayed.

"Call the staff officers immediately, I want a meeting."

"Obey!"

I didn't write the third chapter yesterday, but today there are too many things to write, so I can only write one chapter. I am sorry to keep readers waiting for a long time.

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